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The singer has been raunchy, folksy, psychedelic, Disney-clean. On her new album, "Bass Persuades," she disappears onto the dance floor.

In chronicling the making of "Girls," Lena Dunham's memoir reveals the cost of moving from the freedom of independent filmmaking to the corporate demands of television.

The New Yorker staff writer examines America's unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.

The d.j. explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five's biggest hit was the beginning of the end.

What to do this week, in New York City and beyond.

Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" and Adam Jentleson's "Supermajority" grapple with how to defeat Trumpism.

Natasha Singer's book "Coding Kids" tracks how public schools were bewitched by private corporations, setting the stage for the ed-tech backlash of today.

Marlon James, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat, and more.

"Exit Party" is an elegant crime story with sci-fi shadings.

After industry-wide calls for A.I. regulation, what's most concerning isn't that the problems are real. It's that there are no guaranteed solutions.